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The UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training in AI for Sustainability (SustAI)

Research themes

Explore our current research themes.

AI for sustainable operations and circular economy

Focusing on using AI to optimise manufacturing processes, operations, and supply chains for sustainability by: 

  • reducing waste and energy use
  • improving resource efficiency, waste management, and recycling
  • developing more sustainable products, packaging, and service delivery models within a circular economy framework

AI for transportation and logistics

Using AI to optimise transportation and logistics operations for sustainability, including:

  • reducing energy and resource use
  • improving smart mobility services
  • developing more sustainable transportation systems

AI for sustainable energy and buildings

Optimising and improving the management of sustainable energy technologies such as:

  • solar, wind, and hydro, which includes forecasting and predicting energy demand
  • improving efficiency and reducing costs
  • smart grid and energy markets and managing energy use in smart buildings 

AI for biodiversity

Using AI to protect and conserve biodiversity, including:

  • monitoring and predicting changes in ecosystems
  • identifying and mitigating threats to endangered species
  • developing sustainable agricultural, fisheries, and land management practices

Sustainable AI

This includes:

  • reducing the power consumption that is associated with the use of AI
  • investigating creating more efficient algorithms 
  • introducing fundamentally different approaches at the hardware level using Southampton's world-leading nanofabrication facilities.